Current Ubuntu 2014 and on plays very ncie with uEFI and even in ASUS's implementation. I have ti playing really nicely on my desktop. wich is based on their UEFI implementation. On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > I had a former employer get me a pimp asus zenbook, the nice > 2800x1600ish 15" display, dual ssd, etc, but it was a freakin basketcase > under ubuntu to get working. Even trying arch and some others were > painful, each with widely varying quirks. > > Their bios didn't support "legacy" booting, so I had to learn efi which > wasn't itself so bad, but very different and took some time to figure out > my raid+crypto+lvm with gpt. I encountered countless bugs/quirks, many > with the nvidia video that the desktop version wouldn't work oob without > causing the oss drivers to wig out at 100% cpu, and if I let the display > sleep, it wouldn't reawaken. Great, since the install took forever with it > pegging the cpu the whole way, and having to reboot it constantly to work > around the crappy ubuntu desktop installer quirks that came with 13.10 at > the time. > > Some reason I don't remember, the alt installer wouldn't work on it too, I > think the 4k resolution blew up the vesa compatibility for the > ncurses-based di installer. I think sound didn't work at the time too > (needed newer kernel support at the moment). > > Once it was working, I'd have lots of random lockups and other things my > laptops just didn't do, which really made using it far more painful than my > little crap hp folio, so I just kept using that. When I quit, I gave it > back gladly and checked Asus off my buy list. Asus obviously didn't give a > darn about linux support, not even as an afterthought, and I doubt they've > changed much since early 2014 when that adventure took place. > > I'm currently using a 12" lightweight dell latitude 7220 laptop, i7 ulv > proc, 16gb of ram, dual msata ssd, 1080p touch screen, and a docking > station. Only a dual-core and crap intel graphics, but as a workstation, > it's light, docking station is wonderful, and works almost entirely great > with linux, having run mint debian and settling back on ubuntu. > > I say almost, the only issue I've had is after a month or so of use, it'll > go into this zombie mode that I can't get it to shutdown or hibernate > without a hard powerdown, as it'll literally keep waking up immediately > after going to sleep. More than a few times I pulled it out my laptop bag > broiling itself, but now I just pay attention and hard power it down > (holding the power for 10sec) if it does. I need to harass dell some, this > is a bios bug it seems. > > It's kinda pricey new ($2200ish), but I never buy new, rather look for > dell outlet coupons around holidays, usually finding 30-35% off, at refurb > price made it a steal (I think I paid ~$900), saving to upgrade the memory > and ssd's. > > -mb > > > > On 07/05/2015 11:16 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > I have really been crushing on the ASUs XenBook's lately. They have an > interesting array of them now and most of them are some pretty sexy > machines. > > > http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-13-3-Inch-Ultraslim-Aluminum-Available/dp/B00SGS7ZH4 > is the cheaper one i have been looking at. they have a more fully featured > version that has Nvidia 960M graphics and a 4k touchscreeen but thats about > 1700 right now. > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Keith Smith > wrote: > >> If you are only going to use it for mail and surfing the web, anything >> that runs Windows 8 will run better with Linux on it. >> >> i3 / 4GB RAM would be my preference >> >> I think at the bare minimum I'd want at least a Pentium with 2GB of RAM. >> >> Looks like the Celeron is a dual core and the Pentium is a quad core. >> >> Here is the list of Celeron laptops. >> >> >> http://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops?~ck=mn#!facets=226291~0~19561351,55846~0~14739528&p=1 >> >> >> Pentiums are more expensive. >> >> >> http://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops?~ck=mn#!facets=226291~0~14720657,55846~0~14739528&p=1 >> >> I've noticed that some of the cheaper Laptops do not come with an optical >> drive (DVD) and I noticed my Dell laptop does not have a microphone in so I >> assume Skype calls are out... have not researched so I might be wrong. >> >> Keith >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2015-07-05 08:09, joe@actionline.com wrote: >> >>> What does this esteemed brain trust recommend as >>> the best options for an inexpensive ultralight to >>> run Linux? >>> >>> Probably an 11 or 13" screen, thin, and light >>> weight (i.e. at or under 3 pounds) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen